You're basing that on rank opinion. I don't care how many contrary documents litter the web. I can spread spam far and wide, too, but that doesn't make the message true.

Based on legal precepts in many states and nations, infringement of intellectual property IS defined as a form of theft. I wish detractors would work harder on changing law rather than filling up the intertubes with disingenuous rationalizations around it.

Now, my long-lost uncle in Nigeria died, and I have to send some money to secure my huge inheritance...